Overview
- The boy, identified as Ismael Pistis of Torino FC’s Under-8s, died Sunday after the motorbike ridden by his father was hit in the passing lane on the A21 near Asti.
- Police say father and son were thrown into the guardrail and the child became trapped between the metal barriers along the roadway.
- The father was taken to Cardinal Massaia hospital in Asti and later discharged, and the people in the car involved were not hurt.
- Prosecutors in Asti opened a vehicular-homicide investigation and plan to assign a medico-legal exam as part of the case.
- The death features in ASAPS data showing five road fatalities among children in Italy so far in 2026, highlighting a broader safety concern.